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Sony buys ball-tracking firm Hawk-Eye
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Sony buys ball-tracking firm Hawk-Eye

Published Mar. 7, 2011 10:56 a.m. ET

Electronics giant Sony has completed the purchase of Hawk-Eye, the British-based company that provides ball-tracking technology in tennis and cricket.

Financial details weren't disclosed.

Hawk-Eye is also used in snooker, while soccer world governing body FIFA could utilize the tracking system as it looks to introduce technology to rule on goal-line decisions.

Paul Hawkins, inventor of Hawk-Eye, said Monday the takeover by Sony would create ''immense opportunities for the sports industry.''

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